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4 SAFETY GUARD FOR RAZORS.

No. 398,947. Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE.

'IERICNL E F. (URYLEY AND ALBERT S. GRANGER, OF BROOKLYN, XEW YORK; SAIDGRANGER ASSIGNOR 'lO FUND (IIRIF/Y.

SAFETY-GUARD FOR RAZORS.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,947, dated March 5,1889.

- Application filed July 6, 1888. Serial No. 279,183. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, TERENCE lf. CURL'EY l and ALBERT S. GRANGER, bothof Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,

have invented a new and Improved Safety- Guard Razor, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, forming a part thereof, in which Figure l is a side elevationof our improved to safety-razor, with a portion broken away to moreclearly show the construction. Fig. .2 is

a side sectional elevation showing the guard uniastened and partlyremoved from the razorback. Fig. 1.3 is a transverse section taken online a: .r in Fig. 1. Fig. l a transverse section taken on line y y inFig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken on line 5' .2 in Fig. 2,looking toward the end of the razor-guard. Fig. (,3 is a side elevationof a modified form of our improved razor. Fig. 7 is an edge view of thesame, and Fig. is a transverse section taken on line .2 2 in Fig. (1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

The object of our invention is to construct a razor with a removableswinging reversible guard, which may be readily reversed to perinitusing either side of the blade and which may be removed, when necessary,to permit or the exchange of razor-blades.

Our invention consists in the combination, with a tuljmlar razor-backpivoted in a handle, of a razor-blade inserted in the back and aswinging reversible guard pivoted upon the razor-back and capable ofswinging against either side of the blade.

It also consistsin areversible guard having oblique ribs or corrugationson opposite sides, all as hereinafter fully described, and pointed outin the claims.

The tubular back A is provided with a U- shaped shank, B, which ispivoted in a handle, C, upon the rivet a. Upon one side of the tubularback A is formed a slot, 1), which corresponds in position with thegroove of the shank B, and to the tubular back is fitted the razor-bladeD, which slips into the slot ot' the tube and is retained therein by theback of the blade, which is wider than the slot of the tubular back.

The guard E consists of a flat bar of metal bent twice at right anglesin the same direction, forming arms 1: d, the arm at being formed at itsextremity into a circular eye, 6, adapted to tit over the tubular backA, and provided with a slot, f, which permits it to slip over the backwhile the blade D is held by the back. Opposite sides of the middleportion of the guard E are furnished with oblique transverse ribs a,which contact with the sides of the blade of the razor, allowing thebeard to pass between the ribs, at the same time preventing the bladefrom cutting the flesh. The arm a of the guard E is longer than the arm(I, and is provided with a short stud,g, which tits into the end of thetubular back A.

To the shank B is fitted an arm, F, which turns on the pivotal rivet aand is provided with a T-shuped head, 71, the width of the narrowerportion of which is equal to the diameter of the tubular back A. The armF is provided with a serrated concave edge, 1', and with a tang, j,which extends beyond the pivotal rivet (I.

lVhen the guard is in the position shown in 1, the razor is arranged foruse. When it is desired to strep the razor, the guard is turned backthrough a half-revolution, so thatit will. lie in the same plane as therazor-blade, but upon the opposite side of the razor-back. \Vhen it isdesired to remove the razorblade D, the arm F is turned on its pivot,releasing the arm d of the guard E, allowing it to'be movedlongitudinally along the tubular back A, when the blade D ma be pushedout from the free end of the back.

When the guard E in place, as shown in Fig. 1, the arm 0 engages anotch, k, in the end of the tubular back A.

In the modification shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8 the guard E turns, in thesame manner as before described, upon the back A; but the eye e',whichturns upon the back, is not slot ted, and the guard is provided with alug, b, which is engaged. byaforked latch, c,formed upon the end of thearm F, the said arm being placed in the U-shaped shank B, and arrangedto turn on the rivet a as in the other case. In this case, when it isdesired to remove the blade D the arm c ot the guard E is sprung out ofthe end of the tubular back A and sw nn glaterallv, so as to allow theblade D to slide out.

Having thus described our invention, we

In a safety-razor, the combination, with the slotted tubular back A, andthe razor- .blade D, heldby the said tubular back, of a 15 swingingguard E, provided With transverse ribs a, and a fastener for holding theguard in the position of use, substantially as specified.

TERENCE F. OURLEY. ALBERT S. GRANGER.

claim as new and desire to secure by letters Patent- 1. The combination,with the slotted tubular back A, provided with the hollow shank B, ofthe razor-blade D, held by the tubular back, the swinging guard E,provided with the slotted eye e, and having the stud g and the swingingarm F, provided with the T-shaped head h, substantially as specified.

2. In a safety-razor, a reversible guard, E, Witnesses: provided Withtransverse ribs a upon op- GEO. M. HOPKINS, posite sides, substantiallyas specified. O. SEDGWIOK.

